Comparison of coliforms and coliphages as tools for assessment of viral contamination in river water

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 3644-3649

  Skraber, S ^a   Gassilloud, B ^a   Gantzer, C ^a  

^a Laboratoire de Chimie Physique et Microbiologie pour l'Environnement   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; COLIFORM BACTERIA; CONTAMINATION; DNA; ENZYMES; GENES; VIRUSES; WATER QUALITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; VIRAL CONTAMINATION;

MICROBIOLOGY;

RIVER WATER;

COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DETECTION METHOD; PATHOGEN; RIVER WATER; VIRAL DISEASE;

ARTICLE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COLIPHAGE; ENTEROVIRUS; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FECES; FRANCE; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS; VIRUS GENOME; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

COLIPHAGES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROVIRUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; HEAT; HUMANS; NOROVIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVERS; VIRUS CULTIVATION; WATER POLLUTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MOSELLE RIVER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROVIRUS; NOROVIRUS;

EID: 2942621913     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.6.3644-3649.2004     Document Type: Article

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